James tayloe



(MOdBL) J. TAYLOR.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES TAYLOR, OF IVIGAN, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,024, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed March 30, (MndeL) T0 (ZZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JAMES TAYLOR, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at \Vigan, in the county of Lancaster and Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vheels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refer ence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification-that is to say:

This invention relates to wheels for vehicles; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth and elai med.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a wheel embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical central transverse section of the same, the lower part being omitted; Fig. 3, a transverse section through the tire; Fig. 4, a transverse section through one of the fellycaps; Fig. 5, a longitudinal section through one of the spoke-caps, and Fig. 6 a side elevation of one of the spokesockets, the interior being indicated by dotted lines.

The hub or nave of the wheel consists of two sections, A and A, the former being provided with a tubular lateral extension, A", which passes through a central opening of section A, and is externally screw-threaded beyond the latter. This screwthreaded end receives a nut, which clamps said sections together, and also a second nut, A outside of nut a, which bears against a collar, A, on the axle-spindle B, and thus holds said spindle within said hub. Section A is provided with an annular oilchamber, A, around the inner end of said spindle, and nut A has a similar oilchaml er, A, around the axle near said collar A".

The sections A A are provided with alter nately-arranged spoke-sockets F, which receive the inner ends of staggered spokes E, so that the clamping of said sections A A together, as stated, will tighten said spokes in the fclly and tire.

Each spoke is provided on its outer end with a screw-cap, H, having an externallyscrewthreaded outward extension, 71. This takes into an internally-screw-threaded cap, I, which is embedded in the folly J, and provided on its outer end with a transverse rib, I, Fig. 4,

Patented in England March El, 1882, No. 1,261.

which extends beyond said felly. There is one of these caps I for each spoke E and spokecap H.

K designates the tire, which is provided with transverse grooves or recesses corresponding to the ribs 1, one of said recesses being shown at in Fig. 3.

While the tire is warm it is fitted on the felly, so that each one of these grooves k will receive one of the ribs I, and as it shrinks it will draw and clamp very tightly upon these ribs, obviating all risk of dislodgme: t. hen the spokes have been screwed into the caps I, and the hub sections A A drawn together by nut a, as described, the wheel as a whole will be firmly bound together, though the parts may be easily detached. The wheel is then attached to the axle by nut A.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A. tire, K, having transverse grooves 7:, in combination with a felly, J, and a series of pieces set into said fellies, and provided with ribs 1, which fit said transverse grooves, substantiall y as set'forth.

A series of spokes each provided on its outer end with a cap, H, having a screwthreaded outer extension, 71, in combination with caps l', which are set into the felly, and internally screw-threaded to receive said extensions h, substantially as set forth.

3. A series of caps, I, which are internally screw-threaded, and provided on their outer ends with projecting transverse ribs I, in combination with the recessed felly J, into which said caps are set, the tire K, having in its inner face the transverse grooves 70, and the spokes E, which have on their outer ends the caps H, provided with screwthreaded extensions ii, that take into said caps I, suhstantiall y as set forth.

4. The combination of the spokes and spokesockets with the hub-sections A A, the two nuts (1 A, which screw on the extension A of 100 

